White Background and White Panels

Q:White Background and White Panels

Update: Solved by switching themes to basic and back.

In Metro mode I see this... I don't know what happened last as I don't use this PC often but it's running Windows 8 Build 8102. Even the switcher button "start menu" in normal mode shows white instead of black.

Ever since I got this notebook, all I've had are problems, and HP has never been able to resolve a single problem. It's like the warranty is completely meaningless. They didn't even replace defective parts, let alone replace the entire notebook.I've had problems with the hard disk, and was told we can't solve this problem as this is a problem with every envy notebook.I've had a problem where dust is building up inside the screen (between the screen and the external glass cover), and I was told I need to send the notebook to the service centre (even though I have an "on-site, at home service warranty? for 3 effing years). This one time, one HP tech even told me "ENVY NOTEBOOKS DON'T SUPPORT VLC PLAYER, YOU MUST PLAY MULTIMEDIA USING WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER ALONE". NOW, I have a white line appearing on the top corner of the screen, and HP said I need to take a picture of the problem in the BIOS. The BIOS itself has a white background. How can I click a picture of a white line on a white background? If I write with white ink on a white paper, can anyone read it? I explained this precisely, and was told "Since the issue is not present in BIOS, we need to check if this can be covered in the warranty". WELL, THE ISSUE IS PRESENT IN THE BIOS, IT?S JUST THAT IT CANNOT BE SEEN AS IT?S WHITE ON WHITE, AND YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS AND NOT REPLACE MY LCD? The issue is present in live linux USB sticks as well! All you need to reproduce it is a DARK BACKGROUND. ... Read more

On any website that I visit; all backgrounds are black and all text is white. How can I reverse this? Also, I am a stamp collector. When I visit Linns Stamp News all the web addresses are blacked out. How do I keep that from happening? While I'm at it my computer has slowed down considerably. I run Microsoft Essentials weekly, but it tells me that all is secure.Thank you, sincerely, Kleon24

A:White to black background, white text to black

I think you can go to tools>options>colors and tick "Use windows colors".

I was asked to fix my aunt's computer, but I've run into a problem: the background on webpages is white. All texts and images are displayed, but background colors and images are not. I've installed both IE 7 and Firefox, but the problem occurs in both. Some of the sites I've visited say to install Adobe Flash Player, which I've done, but there seems to be no effect. The "display website colors" option in both browsers is checked. I'm all out of ideas; any help would greatly be appreciated.

PS - I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it, but the issue I was supposed to fix in the first place was changing her browser. She was using Netscape, but because they are going out of business or something, she needed to change it. I don't know if her Netscape browser displays images because it automatically closes when I try to open it.

Hope you can help, screen is always white background, when visit website their background colour doesn't show up, always white. Some buttons cannot be seen to activate on screen, looking to a reply for help.

i have a weired problem on one of our staff laptop. its core i3 system having windows 7 64 bit. initialy it had visio 2010 and office 2013 installed .. the problem was that when outlook was opened it would open but no text / menus were visible. it was all a like a white window having only title bar.

when i wold open word/excel they would show same behaviour but it would also open some sort of dialog box which was all white.. no button to click on it.. only close button was visible .and clicking on it would exit word/excel/access.

i also tried outlooke.exe /safe .. /resetnavpane.. but no luck

so i removed visio 2010 32 bit and rebooted system . still same issue.

repaired office 2013 32 bit still same issue...

uninstall office 2013 and reboot and and install office 2013 32 bit still same issue.

uninstall 32 bit and installed 64 bit same issue.

sfc /scannow found no violations..

tried it with local administator account same behaviour.. also tried with another local admin priviledges account same issue.. tried with domain accounts same issue..

i however created a .docx file and opened it with word .. it did opened but some menus were not visible they were just white places instead of the icons for vaiours actions (like bold/font etc).. but i by guess work wnet to options and tried disabling hardware acceleration but still same issue...

A screenshot of the problem is attached. This is the first screen that opens when launching any office applications and as seem there is no click able button there just the cross button clicking it closes application.

Hi, I have a Hanns G JW199D widescreen LCD monitor, and I use internet explorer. About 2mos ago, all webpages I go to have a white background, to where some of them, I'm unable to see all links because it's like they're whited out. I can't figure out what the problem is. I don't see the soft grey background on yahoo, I don't see myspace backgrounds that my friends have put on, etc. Any suggestions?

I don't know what happened. the display is fine on games and desktop but on internet the display is all wrong. The backgrounds are white on msn and juno home page display is all wrong. I downloaded firefox and the display is still wrong. I don't know what else to do.

It started last week when electricity went off..another thing msn had some kind of beta tester and it had the ugly display too. when i went back to normal msn everywhere I browse display is wrong. I can get into everything but it looks funny.

I have windows xp and use a dell dimension 4600 with a e773e monitor. I have registry mechanic, spybot search and destroy, adaware, norton systemantec virus and firewall all detect nothing.

i hope you guys can help out. My dad,who is not so great has so much junk onhis labtop. so i'm trying my best to run Mcafee and get rid of stuff but this one annoying one keeps poping up and i know its not a windows program. "it says trojan.w32.detected on your machine." which i think i got rid of all the trojans. i've been reading forums and got hijackthis...soi hope you guyscan be of service. Thanks.

Have recently noticed a white menu background behind my menu headings in all programs and the writing in the bottom IE bar. I am using XP Home with service pack 2 and have scanned with TrendMicro Internet security,spybot and adaware latest versions. I can't think of anything I may have done (changed settings, installed programs etc). Is this caused by some type of malware? And how do I get rid of it? Thanks,Gail.

Hello you all, this is my first post here so sorry if I violate etiquette.

I just upgraded and have been tweaking my windows 10, but I have one nagging problem (a few, actually but lets address this one 1st). I have a dark grey theme set for my accent color and that colors my title bar just fine, however if the window is in the background my nice, easy ion the eyes title bar goes to some annoying bright white color. Anyone know how to prevent this from happening? I just want it to stay dark grey non matter if it's in the foreground or background.Also anyone know how to just make it all solid black? I tried doing a bit of searching and came across a program called winareo tweaker, but when I use that little program to set my custom color to solid black, after I go to personalize and change my accent theme color, it'll actually show up as blue. Simply getting a consistant dark color on these borders has been an uphill battle!

A:Title Bar goes white is background

Hello Plainjane, and welcome to Ten Forums.

If you like, you can use the method in the tutorial below to change the color of inactive title bars.

i am having the same problem that Dan had, though when i start it up, it shows my chosen background for a half second then goes to a plain white background, i have followed the instructions suggested by TMacK, though i can change the color of my background, i cannot use a picture for it, any help would be appreciated.

-Shamrock

P.S. Under Web Items, it does not show the white html page, it just shows the IE homepage, i think that may be the page, I will look further into it, but help would still be appreciated

A:Desktop Background Is White 2

Try this.

Open your Control Panel/Display/Desktop tab/click on the Customize Desktop button.Now click on the Web tab/uncheck the box next to My Current Home Page and any other listed web items. Make sure the box next to "Lock desktop items" is unchecked.Apply and OK

not sure if this is the right forum but i have been experiencing complete white background with text mis-positioned on one particular website that isn't usually like that across 4 web browsers: Chrome, Torch, Firefox, and Icedragon. anyone has any clue as to what's happening or how to solve it?

No matter what I change my desktop background to or how I go about changing it, it always stays blank. The selected background will appear shortly after startup and then it will change to a blue background for a moment and then it turns all white and stays that way. The icons show up allright. Has anyone had this problem? I have scanned my computer with anti-virus and anti-spyware and even paid for RegCur software to correct the problems found in my directory. Any thoughts?

A:Desktop Background Is White

Open your Control Panel/Display/Desktop tab/click on the Customize Desktop button.Now click on the Web tab/uncheck the box next to My Current Home Page and any other listed web items. Make sure the box next to "Lock desktop items" is unchecked.Apply and OK.

The "problems" you had (spyware?) added a white html page. When selected in web items, it covers the existing desktop.Unchecking it, removes it from the desktop. If the file name is mentioned in Web Items, after disabling it, you can search for it on your hard drive and delete it.

not sure if this is the right forum but i have been experiencing complete white background with text mis-positioned on one particular website that isn't usually like that across 4 web browsers: Chrome, Torch, Firefox, and Icedragon. anyone has any clue as to what's happening or how to solve it?

HiOn the start bar theres a small icon, a white X on a red circular background, every minute or so it gives the following pop up:! your computer is infectedwindows has detected a spyware infection.it is recommended to use special antispyware tools to prevent data loss. windows will now download and install the most up to date antispyware for youclick here to protect your computer from spywareThere is no link where it says click here to protect your computer.There was 3 of these icons before, but after following instructions on the "before posting" topic there is now only 1.My anti virus guard some times informs me of this: W32/Threat-HLLSI-based!MaximusSo i followed the instructions, i couldnt download ad-aware SE though from the link given, i kept getting the " to download this file windows needs to know what program created it" message.After downloading spybot search and destroy one of the icons went away.I then used panda antivirus. here is the log report:Incident Status Location Adware:Adware/SpySheriff Not disinfected c:\winstall.exe ... Read more

My son installed and ran a game today...it froze during one part. We rebooted. Now the white background flickers (not just in the game but all of the time)....doesnt actually go black or skip or anything like that but its really harsh on the eyes. I've tried resetting my colors (they are at 32bit) tried changing the scheme...it still flickers. Any ideas?

running XP pro, newly installed just a couple of days ago.

A:white background flickering

Go to control panel then display then settings tab then advanced - adaptor tab then see what the REFRESH RATE is set at.My setting is 85 hz but yours will depend on youre set up. I would go for OPTIMAL if you dont know the setting to use .

Hello everybody. I own a Zbook, and today a small white dot appeard on my screen. Is brighten then his surroundings and it can be perfectly be seen on the white background. Is quite annoying. Anyone knows a cure for this? my notebook is under warranty, but i still i will prefer if i can fix it somehow whitout changing the display. Thank you

Hi... Sorry to bother all of you but I have been trying to figure this problem out for a while. My computer is giving me the " red circle with white x" in the taskbar on the bottum right... It also has given me a blue screen and when i go into display it will not allow me to change it back... It has disabled my process manager which i did find a cure for already.

The computer will randomely give me a black screen and shut down short there after wards.. And I am getting more pop ups then I am used to...

I've read several threads regarding this problem but still cannot put everyt hing together to try and solve my issue. Would someone please look at my log and give me a little guidance... It would be very appreciated.. Thanks For your time!

i am getting to see my desktop background on start up then when everything comes up (my desktop icons and etc...) i get a regsvr32 error reading, loadlibrary("C:\documents and settings\all users\application data\lsxshcpw.dll") failed - this specified module could not be found. then my background goes white. can anyone help. i have ran spyware and virus scans and nothing is working to fix prob.

A:white screen is my background and cannot change

hello & welcome to TSF,

do you have a Windows Xp cd, not the restore cd's that come with some systems, the cd will have the Windows logo & 3D hollowgram/image on it

if you do not maybe you can barrow one from a friend/family member/co-worker as long as it is the same version that is on your system

if you have (Windows XP Home Ed. sp2 ) then the cd will have to be that / if you have a cd with (Windows XP Home Ed. )you will have to slipstream (SP2 ) onto a disk that you create

this also applies to (Windows XP Professsional )

http://www.helpwithwindows.com/Windo...p2-bootcd.html

now if you do have the Windows XP cd with sp2 please follow these steps

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performing a (sfc) system file checker

It is a scan that checks the core files & dlls of the (os) operating system and replaces them if they are corrupt or missing with the correct original version

start

#1 then select (run) , then press enter
a window will open
#2 type in ( cmd ) then press enter
another window will open
#3 type in ( sfc )then press enter
another window will open
#4 type in (sfc /purgecache) then enter / your pc will work like crazy / this helps in rebuiding the cache file (notice the space between (sfc & /)
#5 type in (sfc /scannow ) then press enter ( notice the space between the (sfc & / )

now a scan will start , have your (Windows XP software disk ready ) your pc may ask for this disc when i... Read more

Yes I know, you guys have answered this question before. The problem is all the answers assumed a knowledge of photoshop of which I am confined to a small part of the image menu. I think I understand the concept of layers but I haven't a clue how to work with them. Please be gentle with me!

I got excited when I read that you could select the background and simply delete it! so, I tried using the magic wand and got all excited when the dashed line encircled all the white; then completely disappointed when the delete button did nothing. I then searched for delete in the menus but the only one I found was grayed out and predictably did nothing.

have and h/p laptop don't know why or how but one day the display hadblack background and whit writing. can you give me information as to howto change back to where it was. thanks for your help (came with windows 10)

A:black background/white writing

On the ribbon go to "Page Layout" and then "Page Color" - select black Then on the font styles you are using, change the color to white. There's probably a way you can set this up as a default template if you want it for every document. Not sure if it will try to print it this way or not. It's not too hard to switch it all back before you print though. (revert the page background, and select all; change font color)

My screensaver is not working at all. None of them are, including the ones that came with Windows 7! they all show just a white screen with nothing on it. all white. I tried changing screensavers and changing back just to find that no screensaver will work anymore. Can somebody help me fix this because I really like my Reshiram screensaver.

A:screensaver completely white background

This also just started happening to me, today. I'm using Windows 8.1. It only does this with custom screen savers (the clock screen savers Fliqlo and Dropclock), which have been working fine until today. It appears white in both the screen savers' thumbnail preview (in the default Windows screen saver settings window) and the full screen view. I'm using the latest drivers of my AMD Radeon R7 260X graphics card.

I've read several threads regarding this problem but still cannot put everyt hing together to try and solve my issue. Would someone please look at my log and give me a little guidance... It would be very appreciated.. Thanks For your time!

First of all I would like to thank all the contributors to this forum for making it so easy for people like me to customise their windows 7. I have managed to get just about everything that I wanted done, except...

When I click the start button and the start menu opens I have a nice transparent right column and next to it the horrid white space is there a way of making the whole menu transparent?

A:Start Menu White Background

You could check on deviantART: where ART meets application! for a theme that would suit,or you could use one of mr.grims,heres his new onehttp://www.sevenforums.com/customiza...-x86-beta.html

There are a lot of posts on the net about this, but no one can solve the problem yet.

When I click on the Start button, a white background appears (as well in other Win7 apps). Is there a way to change that to another color, say, a light gray, etc.? That bright white background is hard on my eyes. Seems that Micro$oft would have an easy fix for this.

Someone said that Windowblinds can do this. Anyone tried it with Win7?

hi i had raze spyware but followed steps on this site and got rid of it, now i am left with this white background that shifts between white and off white. here is my hijack this log file, i would greatly apprectiate some help!!thanks!

I'm having an issue with a white desktop background appearing at startup.The white screen does NOT occur when started in Safe Mode, and it does not occur at Logoff of windows and logon, only at Boot.

The white desktop background lasts for about 2-3 minutes and then the regular desktop appears; icons and all.Icons are not present when white screen is on.Start button and task bar below is visible but not active during this time.

I have run scans with Norton, SpyBot, Adaware, and the Microsoft Malware Removal Tool.

I also did an msconfig and checked the startup items, and everything appeared to be normal.

Attached is a hijackthis log for viewing.

Any other ideas I can try.And yes I uninstalled and re-installed the driver for the Video Card; which was suggested on different forums that i researched.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,Jessica

A:White Desktop Background at XP Startup

Hello. I am PropagandaPanda (Panda or PP for short), and I will be helping you with your log.I apologize for the delay in response. We get overwhelmed with logs at times, but we are trying our best to keep up. If you have since resolved the original problem you were having, we would appreciate you letting us know. If not please perform the following so I can have a look at the current condition of your machine.You may want to keep the link to this topic in your favourites. Alternatively, you can click the button at the top bar of this topic and Track this Topic, where you can choose email notifications. The topics you are tracking are shown here.Download and Run ATFCleanerPlease download ATF Cleaner by Atribune. This program will clear out temporary files before we run OTScanIt. You will likely be logged out of the forum where you are recieving help.This program is for XP and Windows 2000 only.Double-click ATF-Cleaner.exe to run the program.Under Main Select Files to Delete choose: Select All.Click the Empty Selected button.If you use any other browsers, select them appropriately from the top and empty all items.Download and Run OTScanItDownload OTScanIt by OldTimer to your Desktop and double-click on it to extract the files. It will create a folder named OTScanIt on your desktop.Open the OTScanIt folder and double-click on OTScanIt.exe to start the program. If you are running on Vista then right-click the program and choose Run as Administrator.Click the Extras button under... Read more

My Hp pavilliin g7 series laptop running windows 7 home starts up with white screen and no beeps or sounds . Started freezing on Hp logo screen last week only sometimes. Id turn off and it would work on second try. About a year and a half ago I used laptop to preview windows 8. And after I reinstalled windows 7 it has been acting funny. Ie freezing and louder fan noise. I did recently update the bios and a pci device driver that never installed. But now it has white screen this morning. I shut off and powered up and still white.I took off battery and pressed power for 10 sec plugged back in and still white. Still no noise.Any ideas?

I have the same problem. When turning on the laptop screen goes to white, I can hear windows starting but cannot see anything. I connected it to an external monitor, which will only display once windows has loaded. I then took the whole laptop apart and discovered the LCD cable was frayed due to a faulty laptop hinge. I replaced the cable and it was the same, just white. The problem I think is with the motherboard and the intergrated video card. Upon taking the whole thing apart I noticed that where the video card plugs in is right where the heat sink is and the cooling fan which gets exceptional hot. I figure it has fried the board to the extend the monitor will not work where it is plugged in, but the external monitor will work but only when windows boots. So sad to say because of the the heat this laptop puts off and if you have it sitting on your lap or bed or anywhere else that it cannot cool properly it has over heated and you will have to get a new motherboard.

Moderator note: Moved from this thread - http://www.techspot.com/community/t...up-white-and-stays-white.199331/#post-1375196

A:Laptop screen starts up white and stays white

"I connected it to an external monitor, which will only display once windows has loaded"... This is normal behavior because the video signal to the external monitor is not sent until Windows loads. If you can see normal video, the motherboard video chip is good

Computer covers whole screen with either white, or white with black, and blue stripes. Multiple times a day.?
This computer was bought in 2005, (HP Media Center PC). Within the second week this freezing(it freezes, and the screen has a white or white with black and blue stipes) occured( yes second week, my brother was uninformed and thought it was normal and didnt return it. It happened often enough as to save anything you were working on every ten to twenty minutes on a bad day. It settled and slowly became less of a problem, then stoped. One day he got a virus and had to restore the computer, the freezing started up again. same as last time, it settled then stoped, a month later, i recieved this computer as a hand me down, as my brother went to college and got a MAC. That was in mid summer of 2008, a week and a half ago, i got a huge virus, i restored my computer, and the freezing started up again, after not doing it once for over a year. It has gotten as bad as freezing every 30 minutes some nights. And earlier today it froze, i turned off and on my computer, went down stairs, and when i came back it was frozen again. I had not even used and program. Please help if you have any idea whats wrong!
Things to keep in mind...
-It only happened after the computer was restored, or bought(ish)
-Its not a normal freeze where you see the programs on the screen still, the screen goes completely white, or white with black and blue stripes.
-4 years old

Thanks!

A:Screen Freezes and turns white or white with stripes

Then maybe it isn't freezing at all. Maybe there's a problem with your monitor, vga cable, or video card.

Try a different monitor/cable and see if that changes anything. If it doesn't, then try reseating the video card--if any--and if that doesn't work I suggest getting a cheap one from someone's old pc at least to test with.

Installing a new video card can be complicated, but google search for a guide or follow the setup instructions for the video card to the letter and you'll have no problems.

Let us know what's going on, we love to help here... it's like an addiction, but we can stop anytime... really we can.

Welcome to TSF. I know I come off a bit strange, but most of the people here are friendly... and nowhere near as messed up.

Hello, I'm having some problems with removing a white background from a circular Microsoft image.

I'm using Photoshop CS4 Extended and I've tried a few ways including selecting the image with the magnetic lasso tool and then pasting it onto a new layer with a transparent background but then when I save it as a TIF and open the image into a powerpoint it still has the white background.

I just want to the image pasted into Powerpoint to be the image within the circle, not the shadow or the white.

I believe the way to do it is with a clipping mask but I haven't found much information that I can understand.

My background to my computer is pure white and i cant right click on it or anything to change the background. I had the privacy is in danger red background with a biohazourdous sign for a bit then it changed to this. Also when surfing the net sometimes I get the error cannot find file C:Windows/ Privacy_index folder or something similar to that. Please any help would be greatly appreciated.

In Windows explorer, you can change the borders, the scroll bar, the text etc. etc. but all around those the color is white. I was thinking that perhaps in doing it a light grey (or blue, beige) etc. would be better.Why?Less contrast would be easier on the eyesLess white would be easier on the monitorLess white equals less light therefore perhaps even may lengthen the life of the monitor.Just a thought. So is it possible to do so?I went to Control Panel -> Window Color -> Advanced Appearance Settings -> and clicked within the active window there to change color but it didn't seem to do anything.

A:Can the white color background be changed in Explorer?

Yes it can be done and this question has been asked before. Read the entire thread here:

I am trying to crop an irregular image (head shot) using PhotoStudio 5 and then cut and paste it onto another image (other body). The eventual destination is PowerPoint. However, the cropped head shot adds a white rectangular background, so when I cut and paste it over the new body, it looks amateurish. I want to cut and paste JUST the lasso head shot for a clean paste so it looks like just the head on the different body.

how do I cut an irregular image WITHOUT the white rectangular background?